The wreckage, part of a plane wing, could provide the first tangible clue towards unlocking the mystery surrounding the doomed Malaysia Airlines plane, which disappeared without trace in March last year with 239 people on board.

Vietnam’s pepper export revenue in 2015 is set to exceed the target of 1.1 billion USD given that in the first seven months of the year, pepper shipments to foreign markets saw stellar performance with 98,000 tonnes worth 920 million USD, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VGP – Viet Nam sent 68,523 guest workers, including 21,059 females, in the first seven months, meeting 72.13% of this year's target and showing a rise of 6.5% over the same period last year, according to the Overseas Workers Management Agency under the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).

Japanese construction investment approvals are ranked third this year, behind China and Korea, accounting for $108 million in approved projects, according to Im Chhun Lim, minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction.

Editor’s note: Nguyen The Phuong, a 24-year-old researcher on international issues from Ho Chi Minh City, visualizes that a generation of young, dedicated Vietnamese scholars would help reiterate their country’s maritime sovereignty in his submission to the “Ky Vong Viet Nam 20 Nam Toi” (“My Expectations for Vietnam in 20 Years”) writing contest.

A four-year-old girl from an ethnic tribe in the Central Highlands has thick black skin and hair covering almost her entire back, but her parents are too poor to have her condition diagnosed or treated.